Ashish Gupta

About Ashish Gupta

Finance professional with extensive international experience with leading organisations. Having worked in different countries at management levels in multicultural environment and worked in streams of finance, client relationship, business support. Gained extensive experience in operational and Business finance and known as Business Enabler. Qualified Chartered Accountant with over 22 years of experience in Media & Entertainment Heath & Security Services, Travel, Education and IT & ITES industry. Being CFO, managed the Board comprised of most prominent personalities of Broadcasting, Advertisers and Agencies. Managed the Bankers, Investors relations and Private Equities and 2 startups. A result-oriented Business Partner and believes in one concept – Every problem has a solution. Expertise in setting up Business processes, startup environment, business and profitability growth, Business Partnering, Planning and Analysis, Business planning, Controllership and overall financial management. Cross-functional engagement and collaboration, being part of Country and Regional leadership teams. Experienced motivator and leader of geographically-distributed teams Besides finance, also managed HR function, IT projects, Admin and secretarial departments. On ground working experience in India, Singapore, Korea and Hong Kong.

Experience

1. Chief Financial Officer

   Barc India

   Apr 2022 — Present · Mumbai, IN

   Reporting to CEO BARC and KMP for the Board of Directors. Reporting to this role is Finance Team, Commercial Team, Facilities, Company Secretary and Vigilance and finance team of subsidiary.Key highlights Manage the Board comprising of CEOs of top Broadcasters, Advertisers and agencies of India. Also manage Audit Committee, Nomination & Remuneration Committee and CSR Committee. Restructured the team structure and their responsibilities besides doing automation of certain processes. As a result, reduced functional cost by 25% and improved productivity. Worked with cross functions and worked on one mantra – Gain productivity by simplification. Revamped many policies and processes and made it simpler, easier and robust at the same time. Reduced overall cost of company by 10% by effective coordination, negotiations and simplification. Reduced billing cycle and DSO days by 50%. As a result, accumulated quite a sustainable cash reserve. The governance has been strengthened and despite tough market conditions, profitability of the company is growing. This is hugely appreciated by the Board. Spearheaded and concluded various automation projects incl ERP and many others.

Education

• Delhi University

  B COM, Accounts, Tax, Economics, Company Law

  1996 — 1999

• Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

  Chartered Accountant, Taxation, Accounts, Audit, company law etc

  1999 — 2002

Skills

• Tax
• Pricing
• Financial Reporting
• Internal Audit
• Business Strategy
• Financial Forecasting
• Statutory Compliances
• Mis
• Due Diligence
• Strategic Financial Planning
• Management
• Bpo
• Finance
• Financial Modeling
• Internal Controls
• Team Management
• Managerial Finance
• Business Planning
• Budgeting & Forecasting
• Budget Modeling
• Analysis
• Accounting
• Corporate Finance
• Business Development
• Financial Analysis
• Management Information Systems (Mis)